Cameron Ray Newsome, a 16-year-old male, was shot in the early morning hours of May 24, 2025, in a southwest San Angelo neighborhood and later died from his injuries. Police were called at about 4:45 a.m. to the 4400 block of Bermuda Drive, where officers found the wounded teenager and rushed him to Shannon Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased.
San Angelo police quickly identified a suspect: 17-year-old Derek Randall Carson.
By late morning on May 24, authorities announced that Carson was in custody and that a murder charge would be filed. The department emphasized that the incident appeared isolated and that there was no ongoing threat to the public.
Within hours, booking records reflected that Derek Randall Carson had been arrested and booked into the Tom Green County Jail on a murder charge tied to the fatal shooting. Police credited coordinated work across patrol officers, investigators, special operations, the crime scene unit, and the drone team for the swift arrest.
Local reporting described the shooting’s setting around a party off Bermuda Drive, noting that the teenager was shot in an alley behind the homes there. Carson was arrested and held on a $500,000 bond as the investigation continued.
Court records later summarized by local radio news added that, according to an affidavit, Carson was said to be a member of a street gang whose members attended the party where the shooting occurred. As of those reports, he remained in custody on the murder charge.
In the days that followed, relatives and community members mourned Cameron Ray Newsome, 16, with an online memorial page confirming his death on May 24 in San Angelo and aggregating the initial news coverage from local outlets, while his family sought help with funeral expenses.
